Farmer’s card not PM KISAN card: Marak quotes RTI

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 23, 2024

BJP Tura MDC Bernard N Marak on Sunday alleged that the farmer’s card issued to farmers is not PM KISAN card as per RTI.

In a statement, Marak said that the confusion and the reason why many farmers did not get PM KISAN benefit has finally come to the fore through RTI. The PM KISAN card was not issued to the farmers but the Farmers card which was not the PM KISAN card was issued to most farmers in the state.

“These two cards are not the same. RTI revealed that the Farmer’s identity card is required for registration under the PM KISAN which was made mandatory to avail the PM KISAN but farmers did receive PM KISAN card,” he said.

“RTI replied that it is Government to citizen service. Farmer’s card is supposed to link through a unique identifier farmers profile with all the agricultural schemes which have been availed by the farmers. But ever since the farmer’s registered for the farmer’s card, the majority of the farmers did not get benefits as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which is eminent as complaints received from the farmers,” he added.

Further, Marak stated that the farmers of the state faced multiple challenges in their daily activities which did not get any relief through the farmer’s card issued to them.

“Many farmers failed to get the benefit of Rs 6,000 per year  promised to them through PM KISAN in three equal instalments annually that failed to be credited in the farmer’s accounts. Even the KCC loan is a hurdle the farmers complained about,” he stated.